Nobuyuki Abe

Nobuyuki Abe
阿部 信行
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
30 August 1939  16 January 1940
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byKiichirō Hiranuma
Succeeded byMitsumasa Yonai
Governor-General of Korea
In office
22 July 1944  12 September 1945
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byKuniaki Koiso
Succeeded byJohn Reed Hodge (as Military Governor of Korea)
Terentii Shtykov (as Head Administrator of the Soviet Civil Administration)
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
30 August 1939  25 September 1939
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byHachirō Arita
Succeeded byKichisaburō Nomura
Member of the House of Peers
In office
18 May 1942  22 February 1946
Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born(1875-11-24)24 November 1875
Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Died7 September 1953(1953-09-07) (aged 77)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyImperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (before 1940)
SpouseMitsuko Abe
RelativesMasazumi Inada (son-in-law)
Shigeyoshi Inoue (son-in-law)
Alma materImperial Japanese Army Academy
Army War College
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch/service Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1894–1936
RankGeneral
Battles/warsFirst Sino-Japanese War

General Nobuyuki Abe (阿部 信行, Abe Nobuyuki; 24 November 1875 – 7 September 1953) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Prime Minister of Japan, and the last Governor-General of Korea.